Corona failure: Volkswagen throttles production in Wolfsburg

Status: 11.12.2020 6:42 p.m.

Volkswagen has to throttle its production at the Wolfsburg plant due to the corona. The loss of production also has an impact in Braunschweig and Emden.

Volkswagen has registered short-time working for the employees concerned. “The measure takes effect from Monday to Tuesday on the night shift,” said a company spokesman on Friday. Areas in the Braunschweig plant are also affected. The car manufacturer cites a short-term production downtime at a German supplier due to corona infections in the workforce as the reason.

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In order to minimize the effects, work is being done on countermeasures and alternatives, VW announced. The goal is the fastest possible production of cars that could not be produced in Wolfsburg due to the failure. The company management and the works council had agreed to report short-time work for the employees concerned. VW did not initially announce how many employees are involved. According to company sources, the production of the Golf in Wolfsburg and the plant in Emden are particularly affected by the measures.

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